Nadia Karella, The L Word

Nadia Karella (Jessica Capshaw)

Nadia Karella was a minor character during season 4. She was a student in Bette’s class at university, who had a crush on Bette and successfully convinced her to hire her as a teacher’s assistant. She then aggressively pursued Bette, who at first rejected her because she was a student. At the end of episode 3 they ended up having sex in Bette’s car. In the next episode Bette told Nadia that what happened could never happen again and threatened Nadia with disciplinary action, which clearly scared her off, as she wasn’t seen in the series again after that.

Appearances:

• 3 episodes. 4x02 - 4x04

Female love interests:

• Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals, lesbian, regular, 70 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

No male love interests

Relationship story arc with a man: No

Male love interest after being identified as a lesbian? No

Filter Relationship Arc:

• None

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.